1. EMPOWERING DISADVANTAGED YOUTH THROUGH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS Veronika Lipkova ‘14 Nisha Bhat ‘14

2. Background Internship organization: IkamvaYouth, a township-based non-profit organization which aims to connect students in the townships to post-graduation employment or higher education opportunities. Based in Khayelitsha, the largest and fastest growing township in Cape Town

7. Education in the townships  Poor matric results and low awareness of post- graduation opportunities lead to high percentages of unemployed youth—over 60% in Khayelitsha  Many township youth are infected and/or affected by HIV/ AIDS

8. How does IkamvaYouth help?  Addresses obstacles to education through:  Supplementary tutoring  Career guidance  Mentoring  Computer literacy, computer access  Creative workshops  AIDS/ HIV awareness workshops and testing  More than 70% of Ikamvanites so far have gained access to higher education upon graduation (compared to the 5% township average)

10. Winter School  IkamvaYouth’s Winter School: career exploration workshops, tutoring, and HIV/ AIDS education and testing  Organization/ Facilitation  Traveling to local universities to talk to interested departments for career workshops  Contacting Cape Town organizations to run programs  Teaching English classes

12. Research  Does Ikamva help learners achieve financial stability?  Research eventually will be used to improve funding  Collection of data  Where are former Ikamvanites now?  Studying engineering at the University of Cape Town  Employed by the South African Department of Education  Employed as social workers in their community

13. Conclusions  What obstacles do educational NGOs in developing nations face?  Lack of resources  Social problems  Lack of cooperation from schools, parents, etc.  What role does education play in development?  What can we do to help?

14. Acknowledgements  This internship was designed as a sort of follow-up to a Princeton freshman seminar, “The Hedgehog and the Fox,” taught by Professor George Philander  PEI Development Grand Challenges  IkamvaYouth  Dr. Carl Palmer, UCT